For safer food imports, teach foreign lab workers US requirements
Tuesday, September 6, 2011 - 14:00
in Mathematics & Economics
Amid ongoing concerns about E. coli, Salmonella and other food-borne illnesses, a new facility will take a unique approach to make imports bound for the United States safer: Give foreign technicians who test those foods intensive, hands-on lab training in U.S. government methods, standards and technology, as well as acceptable alternatives.